Investors Spooked by Disasters

Disasters, wars, terrorism, and assassinations take their toll on money markets. Before the London Subway multiple bombings, there was the Madrid bombing. Prior to that there was September 11, 2001. Eighty years earlier, attackers on horse and wagon parked near the office of JP Morgan on Wall Street (New York City) and detonated a bomb. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured. Major world events affect the money markets. Confidence either rises or falls.

Here is a limited sampling of a few major events over the past 90 years:

(1)     National Post, July 8, 2005, How Markets Respond to Tragedy. FP10

I am thinking of a major event that could be just around the corner for this world. The Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples that He would come again. (John 14:1-3) Yes, after the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, He returned to Heaven. For the record, there are eye witness accounts of His ascension from this planet. (Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:1-11) But He is coming back again.

The first thing that will happen in relation to His Return, is that Jesus will come to the air and will remove every christian from Earth. Christians who died over the centuries and those who are still alive, will be instantaneously and secretly caught up together to meet the Lord Jesus Christ in the air! You can read about this major world event in the Bible, e.g. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.

Cult leaders over the years have tried to pathetically capitalize on this Biblical teaching.  Bizarre beliefs and tragic outcomes have been the result of men and women who in their darkness and sick minds satanically concocted a perverted and distorted version of the “Jesus is returning” truth.

Maybe you have read some of those bizarre and tragic stories of mass suicides. Your thinking now is contaminated by their ludicrous claims – so much so that maybe you are skeptical of the Biblical Truth that Jesus is returning.

Friend, whether or not you believe Jesus is returning, does not alter the fact that He will return. The world has NOT seen the end of Him yet.  The Cross was not the end of  Jesus. Christ is alive and He has promised to return.

There is a day (the date is unknown to any human being or religious group on earth) when every Christian will disappear without notice. It will start off like any other normal day. But within that 24 hour period, there will be a world-wide disappearance of millions of Christians. Every person who knows Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.

Born again corporate executives will disappear from board rooms. Christian truck drivers, office receptionists, saved journalists, and store cashiers will be here one minute and gone the next. Christians today can be found in every sector of society – but on that eventful day, not one Christian will remain on the job! They will be gone forever to be with their Saviour and Lord.

Your guess is as good as mine as to how the Coming of the Lord (referred to as the Rapture) will affect the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the money markets around the world.  I’m not so concerned about whether there will be panic selling of stocks or not. I am primarily concerned with the effect it will have on YOU!

Will you go when Jesus comes? Or will you be left behind?  Everyone who failed to trust Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour will be left behind. Are you ready for His return? I am so thankful I am.